The Thaler was a coin issued by
Baden
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...
of varying equivalents to its currency, the
South German gulden
The South German Gulden was the currency of the states of southern Germany between 1754 and 1873. These states included Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Frankfurt and Hohenzollern. It was divided into 60 kreuzer, with each kreuzer worth 4 pfennig o ...
, each of 60
kreuzer
The Kreuzer (), in English usually kreutzer ( ), was a coin and unit of currency in the southern German states prior to the introduction of the German gold mark in 1871/73, and in Austria and Switzerland. After 1760 it was made of copper. In s ...
.
* From 1690 the
Reichsthaler
The ''Reichsthaler'' (; modern spelling Reichstaler), or more specifically the ''Reichsthaler specie'', was a standard thaler silver coin introduced by the Holy Roman Empire in 1566 for use in all German states, minted in various versions for the ...
specie coin of 25.984 g fine silver was issued for 2 gulden.
* From 1754 the
Conventionsthaler
The ''Conventionstaler'' or ''Konventionstaler'' ("Convention ''thaler''"), was a standard silver coin in the Austrian Empire and the southern German states of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-18th to early 19th-centuries. Its most famous exam ...
of 23.3856 g fine silver was issued for 2.4 gulden (2 gulden, 24 kreuzer).
* From the 19th century the
Kronenthaler
The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in 1755 in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler) and which became a popular trade coin in early 19th century Europe. Most examples show the bust of the Austrian ruler on th ...
of 25.71 g fine silver was issued for 2.7 gulden (2 gulden, 42 kreuzer).
* From the 19th century the French
silver écu was accepted for 2.8 gulden (2 gulden, 48 kreuzer).
* From 1837, the doppelthaler worth two
Prussian thalers was issued for 3 gulden.
* From 1857 to 1871 the
Vereinsthaler The Vereinsthaler (, ''union thaler'') was a standard silver coin used in most German states and the Austrian Empire in the years before German unification.
The Vereinsthaler was introduced in 1857 to replace the various versions of the North Ge ...
was issued for 1 gulden.
Grand Duchy of Baden
Currencies of Germany
Modern obsolete currencies
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